Whats On!

This Friday, two blues bands will visit and perform a few songs LIVE: The Dale Robertson Band and Maggie McCabe. Both of these bands will be part of our Oct. 22 Benefit Concert, 9 PM to 1 AM, at New Place Lounge, 22723 Michigan Ave., in west Dearborn. Listen on 89.3 FM or to our LIVE STREAM from this website--and then come to our Benefit, too, to support WHFR (only $5 donation at door; food and beverages available to buy; 21 or older)!

WHFR will be part of College Radio Day, along with over 200 other college and high school radio station from all over North America. In order to celebrate, WHFR is looking for testimonials from YOU, our WHFR Listeners, about the importance of WHFR and college radio in your life. If you would like to give a testimonial, please call 313-317-6579 to leave your recorded testimonial OR email your testimonial to whfr@hfcc.edu. Please send your testimonials by midnight FRIDAY Oct 7. Then listen to WHFR on College Radio Day to hear all the WHFR Listener testimonials including yours throughout the day on Tuesday October 11. For more information about College Radio Day go to www.collegeradioday.com

John Ventre is the Pennsylvania State Director for the Mutual UFO Network or MUFON. John will be speaking at the Pennsylvania State UFO conferences in October, which he is sponsoring. He will be presenting on his book “The Day After 2012”. The book Delves into various End Time Prophecies from Hopi, and Biblical, to Edgar Cayce and Jeanne Dixon. John says “If you think these are the bad times; wait until 2013”. Join us when John shares some of these predictions as well as some of the well documented UFO cases on our nation's east coast.

In this hour of Freakonomics Radio, we’ll dream of the day when bad predictors pay – when the accuracy rate of pundits appear next to their faces on TV, when the weatherman who botches the 5-day forecast by 20 degrees has to make his next appearance soaking wet. We’ll also look at the deep roots of divining what tomorrow brings, from the invention of religion to new understandings of how we make decisions about the future.

This week's featured musical is BUDDY - THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY originally brought to the stage in London's West End in 1989 and then to Broadway in 1990. This jukebox musical is based on the book by Alan Janes about the life of rock and roll musical legend Buddy Holly. This musical not only features the music of Buddy Holly but also features the music by other early rock 'n rollers like Chuck Berry, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, and more as performed by the Original London Cast.

Bricktown Station returns to the Motor Live Drive bringing new songs and a strong presence. This female fronted rock band is starting a busy week end of live shows right here on 89.3. Listen to Bricktown Station this Thurday at 5:00 pm or on the podcast available at 6:00 pm under "Musial Performances."

Have you ever ventured into Maxwell's Art & Treasures? Expect the unexpected! From anitques to collectibles, food to truck engines, crafts to music. It's all there. Join host Lynn as she welcomes Laura to IMPACT! tomorrow afternoon and find out what Maxwell's is all about. For more information, go to: www.maxwellsartandtreasures.com.

Find out about the 2011 Dearborn / Dearborn Heights CROP Hunger Walk. You might just want to take a few steps for a great cause. Check out the Dearborn / Dearborn Heights site: www.dearborncropwalk.org.

Along with travels to many cities to hear great music and learn interesting facts, Singer/Songwriter Claudia Nygaard joins in Lynn's interpretation of GPS week. With some great guitar work and a wicked sense of humor, Claudia's songs interpret the ups and downs in our journey of lfe.

Join host Lynn when she welcomes Claudia and takes listeners to some interesting places. Of course, there'll be recipes for the roadtrip! Tune in tomorrow, noon-2pm for "No Boys A-Loud" right here on WHFR!

WHFR will be part of College Radio Day, along with over 200 other college and high school radio station from all over North America. In order to celebrate, WHFR is looking for testimonials from YOU, our WHFR Listeners, about the importance of WHFR and college radio in your life. If you would like to give a testimonial, please call 313-317-6579 to leave your recorded testimonial OR email your testimonial to whfr@hfcc.edu. Please send your testimonials by midnight Monday October 3. Then listen to WHFR on College Radio Day to hear all the WHFR Listener testimonials including yours throughout the day on Tuesday October 11. For more information about College Radio Day go to www.collegeradioday.com